Boot-strap



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Gr. SIEGEN'THALER.

BOOT- STRAP.

Patented Deo. 27, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. SIEGENTHALER,,OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

' BOOT-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,647, datedvDecember27, 1881. Application filed November 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, GEORGE B. SIEGEN' THALER, of Wooster, in the countyof Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Boot-Strapand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is anelevation of my impro ved boot-strap secured to the leg of a boot. IFig. 2 is a bottom view of the boot-strap. Fig.3 is a top view of thesame; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view in the line as m, Fig. 1.

My invention relates to improvements in boot-straps for leather boots;and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of theparts, as hereinafter more fully set forth. a

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a strip of leather, thelongitudinal edges of which are folded on its body from each side andthe folds and body sewed together by a central line of longitudinalstitches, b, extending ashort distance on each side of the middle of thestrip a, to form that part of the bootstrap through which the fingersare inserted Slits o are then made in the ends of the body of thestrapfi om near the ends of the line of stitches b, and in linetherewith, to the ends of the strap, thus forming two projectingtongues, (Z d, at each end of the boot-strap a, the planes of which areat right angles to the flat middle part of the bootstrap.'

The boot-strap a maybe secured to the boot by cutting two slits, e, inline with each other near the upper ed go of the leather boot-leg andinserting the outer tongues, d, through the slits e from theoutside, thetongues straddling the boot-leg and lying in contact with each other onthe inside of the bootleg, to

which they are sewed and to each other by a single line of verticalstitches, h.

The tongues b of the boot-strap may also be secured tothe inside ofboot-leg by placing the tongues of each pair in eontact with each Bythis construction of bootstrap it will be seen that a stiff archedleather standing loop or strap formed of a single piece of leather isobtained, always open for the insertion of-the fingers when it isdesired to draw on a boot;

that the strap is much stronger than in the ordinary construction andnot so liable to break, and that the plane of the tongues is at rightangles to the flat arched part of the boot-strap, by which constructionthe strap can be more readily sewed to the boot-leg and a better holdcan be had on the arched part of the bootstrap, as more fingers of thehand can beinserted in the loop than in the usual construe tion, Theboot-strap is also more securely attached to the boot-leg than in theordinary construction, as there are two tongues on each end of thebootstrap sewed to the boot-leg.

What I claim as my invention is 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture,

a boot-strap, a, consisting of a strip ot'leather having its centralportion folded to form three thicknesses and its folds suitably securedin place, and provided with the end slits, 0 forming two tongues, d, ateach end of the bootstrap, the planes ot which are at right angles tothe flat middle portion of thestrap, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a boot provided with the slits ee in its leg,of the boot-strap a, constructed as set forth, and secured to theboot-leg by the vertical rows of stitches It passing through the tonguesand boot-leg, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE B. SIEGENTHALER.

Witnesses:

. JACOB GEISELMAN,

ISAAC JOHNSON.

